Door buffer and catch.



P. J. A. SCHNOOR. DOOR BUFFER AND CATCH.

ABPLIoATIoH FILED JULY a, 1912.

1,054,366, Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

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BETER J'. A. SCHNOOB., OF HOLSTEIN, IOWA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF '10 LYLEWARREN GEBR, 0F HOLSTEIN, IOWA.

-DOOEl BUFFER AND CATCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 191,3.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER J. A. SoHNooR, a citizen of the UnitedStates,y residing at Holstein, in the county of Ida and State of Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door Buders andCatches, of which the following is a speciiation, referencebeing had tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in door buffersand catches, the object of the invention being to provide a combineddoor buffer and catch adapted vto receive the impact of the door when itswings shut and also to automatically engage the door and hold the sameclosed.

Another object of the invent-ion is to Vprovide a combined door bufferand catch which will possess advantages in points of efficiency anddurability, is inexpensive to manufacture and at the same time is simplein construction and operation.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in-the'novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanyingdrawings in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation, one side of the casin being broken away todisclose the working parts. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is asectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is a sectional viewon the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referrin more particularly to the draw ings, 1 in icates a door casingand 2 the free edge of the door, said door being herein illustrated inthe form of a screen door. Secured to the door casing by means of thescrews 3 is a casing 4 across the lower end of which is arranged atransversely extending rod 5, the ends of which are mounted in suitablebearings 6. Arranged within the casing is a suitable wire spring member7, said spring member being looped adjacent one end thereof upon the rod5 as shown at 8, the short end 9 of said wire extends up` wardlysubstantially at right angles to the loops 8, the extreme end of theshort end 9 is bent at right angles as shown at 10.

Pivotally mounted upon the end 10 by means of the perforated lug 11 isthe buier holder 12 which comprises the elongated body portion 12', theends of which are bent substantially at right angles as shown at 13, andthe buffer member 14 arranged therebetween. The. long end 15 of the wirespring member extends'at an angle .from the loop 8 up through an opening16 in the upper end of the casing. The wire is then bent substantiallyat right angles as shown at 17 and supported byl means ofy the guidemember 18 which is carried by the upper end of the casing 4. Formedintegral with the outer end of the end arm is a ball 19 which is adaptedto be inserted within the spring socket 20 when the door 2 is in aclosed position, said socket being rigidly secured to the door frame bymeans of the screws 21.

Thus it will be seen that when the door is in an open position the ball19 will be removed from the socket 20, while the buffer 14 will bedisposed in the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. When thedoor is closed, the frame thereof will engage the buffer 14 so as toprevent the full force of the door from striking against the doorcasing. As the door'swings shut it engages the buffer 14 pressing thesame inwardly until the socket 20 engages over the ball 19 which willhold the door frame securely in place. It will be understood that thebuifer 14 is so arranged as to prevent the screen door from slammingshut and avoid the unnecessary noise caused thereby, while at the sametime the door will be closed and securely locked.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention itwill be obvious that variousl changes in the details of construction andin the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying myinvention into practice without sacrificing any of the novel features ordeparting from the scope thereof.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a swinging `door, of a casingsecured to the door frame, a spring member mounted within the casing. abuffer pivotally mounted upon one end of said spring member, a ballformed upon the other end' of said sprin member, and a spring socketcarried by t e free edge Iof the door and adapted to engage the ballmember to hold the door in its closed position.

2. The combination with a swinging door, of a casing mounted upon thedoor frame, a transverse .rod arranged across the lower end of thecasing, a spring member coiled upon said rod and having one of its endsil lee-...a v

extending upwardly therefrom, a bilder mounted upon the upwardlyextending end against which the door abuts When swingin a buierpivotnlly mounted upontbe an ulm' portion of the u wurdly extending en(the other end of sai( spring member extending upwardly and bein r bentat right angles, a ball member' forme( on the outer end of tbe secondend of the Spring member, und :i spring socket carried by the 'free edgeof the door und adapted to engage-tbe bull member to bold the door inits closed postion.

.ln teetimony whereof l hereunto uiix my signature in the present-,o oitwo witnesses. l lll'llllt J. A. StfllNUOlt. Witnesses ALBERT (l.Niemann',

l'l/wur t?. GRANT.

